Messages - Cryptic

Please help, I am new to Anim8or, and I am trying to export an animation to .3DS format, but when I do, there are no textures! The texture files are in the same folder, and they are bitmaps. However, if I don't use files for textures and just colors, it works. Why is it doing this? I have read the manual and searched the forums, but nothing works. Any help would be appreciated!If it matters, I am using the DarkGDK for Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, but the problem isn't just in that.